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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 51

Friday, January 21, 2011

The Standing Committee on the Status of Women met at 8:06 a.m. this day, in the Quartz Ballroom A and B, Matrix Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta, Dona Cadman, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Dona Cadman, Nicole Demers, Hon. Hedy Fry, Nina Grewal and Hon. Anita Neville.

Associate Members present: Jean Crowder.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Julie Cool, Analyst ; Laura Munn-Rivard, Analyst.

Witnesses: Edmonton Police Service: Nancy Leake, Criminal Intelligence Analyst, Serious Crimes Branch; Bill Spinks, Inspector, Serious Crime Branch; S/Sgt Mike Bartkus, Domestic Offender Crimes Section. Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society: Josie Nepinak, Executive Director. Metis Child and Family Services Society: Donald Langford, Executive Director; Kari Thomason, Community Outreach Worker. Little Warriors: Jo-Anne Hansen, Representative. As an individual: Jo-Anne Fiske, Professor of Women's Studies, University of Lethbridge. Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women Calgary: Suzanne Dzus, Founder and Chairperson. Royal Canadian Mounted Police: C/Supt Mike Sekela, Criminal Operations Officer, "D" Division. Stolen Sisters Awareness Walk and Movement: April Eve P. Wiberg, Founder; Gloria Neapetung, Representative. As individuals: Sandra Lambertus, Author; Jennifer Koshan, Professor, University of Calgary. Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women: Muriel E. Stanley Venne, President & Founder.